Textile fabric



Feb. 19 1924. 1,484,292-

.J.S.BOYD

TEXTILE FABRIC Filed April 10 192s 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 7 5 Cl {zIcATTORNEY I Feb- J. BOYD TEXTILE FABRIC Filed April 10 1923 2' Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR y. I fl g/1 TT ORNEY Patented Feb. 19, 1924.

UNITED srA'rE JOHN S. BOYD, F WILLIAMSTOWN, IMASSAGHUSE'IlPJfS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN S. BOYD GO.

PATNT" orrics.

INCL, OF WILLIAMSTOWN,MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS- TEXTILE FABRIC.

Application filed April 10, 1923. Ser1a1 No. 881,177.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BOYD, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the town of VVilliamstown, county of Berkshire,

5 and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new-and useful Improvement in a Textile Fabric, of which the followingis a specification. I The object of this invention is to provide a textile pile fabric of an ornamental form tions of the base fabric upon which the pile is formed are rendered visible and act to separate the various pile sections or areas and contrast therewith.

By the use of threads of contrasting colors for producing the pile and its base or background, very pleasing ornamental eflects are produced.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a pile fabric of extremely light weight. The various forms. of pile fabric in use at the present time such as velvet and corduroy are of substantially heavy weight and thickness and consequently are applicable for use at certain seasons of the year. A pile fabric made in accordance with my invention is of exceptional light weight which renders it highly desirable for all uses to which a light weight pile fabric may be required.

With these objects and other objects which may hereinafter appear, in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of my fabric in its primary state.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line- 22 of Figure 1 looking in the direction ofthe arrows.

Figure 3 is a view of the underside of the fabric disclosing in detail the woven under fabric or base and the manner in which the pile fabric threads interengage certain threads therewith. which act as binder stitches. 5

Figure 4 is an enlarged view of a fragment of the fabric showing the interengage- :ment 'of the pile fabric threads with the binder threads.

' Figure 5 is a view of the underside of the primary fabric after certain pile threads have been eliminated.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the fabric in its second stage after portions of the pile threads have been eliminated and just prior .to the process of consolidating the remaining pile threads to form the spaced sections or areas of pile which remain as part of the fabric.

Figure 7 is a sectional view of the fabric in the form disclosed in Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a pers ective view showing the binder threads an the interengagement of the pile fabric threads therewith.

Figure 9 is a plan view of the finished fabric showing one of can be produced, and

Figure 10 is a sectional view of, the same. Throughout the various views of the the patterns which drawings, similar reference characters designate-similar arts.

In the em odiment of my invention as disclosed herein, I will describe the manner in which a specific form or pattern of my improved fabric is produced. Other patterns are produced by following the same method of procedure with slight rearrangement and spacin ofthe pile fabric threads and the binder t reads which hold them to the woven base fabric.

In the accompanying drawing, the base fabric is disclosed at -1 and it will be seen that the same is composed of a section of woven material.

The pile producing threads 2 are a.plu rality of threads whlch are located on one face of the base fabric 1 and are connected thereto at certainspaced intervals, which connection is establlshed by inter-weaving the pile fabric producing threads 2 with certain threads in the base fabric which for.

B pile fabrics and when these treatments are convenience will be hereinafter designated other which determines the ocation of the various sections of pile and conse uently the pattern to be produced on the fa ric.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing that the pile producing threads consist of a plurality of looped threads which are placed adjacent one another and cover one surface of the base fabric and are connected thereto at spaced intervals. The binder threads are disclosed at 3,and the pile threads inter-engage with said binder threads 3 as shown.

To form the pattern disclosed in Figure 9, the binder threads are located as shown in Figure 1, that is, in substantially staggered relationship. With the fabric in this state, which I will designate the primary state, the cutting process then takes place.

In Figure 1, the dotted lines disclosed at 4 indicate the lines on which suitable knives cut the pile fabric threads 2 without of course penetrating or cutting the base fabric 1. 4

It will be seen that when knives out along are removable from the fabric after the cutting operation takes place leaving the fabric then in the condition disclosed in I Figures 5, 6 and 7.-

' he binder threads 3 will retain attached to the base fabric 1, certain pile threads 7 (Figs. 6 and 7) which by subsequent treatments are formed into blocks or areas of pile indicated at 87in Figures 9 and 10. The threads indicated at 7 are brushed together,

sin ed, washed, dyed and otherwise treated in t e manner customary in connection with completed, the finished product disclosed in Figures 9 andlO results, that is, a fabric is produced which is provided with spaced abric' 1 so that said basepile threads iasaaea be produced in various weights, thicknesses and weaves and man highly ornamental fabrics may be made by the utilization of threads of various colors, silk and cotton mixtures and the like.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is:

1. A textile fabric comprising a woven base fabric having a plurality of looped threads secured to it and arranged on its front face, the points of securement of some of said threads to the base fabric being located intermediate of the points of securement of other of said threads, portions of said looped threads being adapted to form pile areas and other portions of said threads eing adapted to be cut between their points of attachment to the base fabric and removed to render visible portions of the base fabric located between the pile areas.

2. A textile fabric comprising a woven material having a lurality of threads extending across its ront facein a series of loops, said threads being interwoven with.

the body of the material at s aced intervals, the points of securement 0 some of said threads being located intermediate of the oints of securement of other threads wherey portions of said loops can be removed from the front face of the fabric whena pair of parallel cuts are made transversely of the loops. I I

3. A textile fabric'com rising a woven base material, a series of th across the same and connected to the base at spaced intervals by binder threads and forming-independent groups, some of said grou s of threads being arranged in stag-v ere relationship to other groups and ooped over the binder threads of said other groups whereby a knife cut across the threads ono posite sides of the points of securement of some of the groups of threads reads extending to the base material will detach from the base, portions of the threads of other groups. 4. textile fabric comprising a woven base material, groups of looped threads arranged on one face of the base. material a and connected thereto by binder threads in 'thebase, other groups of threads adapted to pass over the binder threads of the first mentioned groups, said threads having por- Y tions adapted to be detached by parallel cuts ofa be he d on the base of March, 1923.

' J OHN S. BOYD.

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